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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 59/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/0002 (2013.01); B29C 59/02 (2013.01); B29C 59/022 (2013.01); B29C 2059/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process of molding an imprint material on a substrate with a mold and forming a pattern on the substrate, the apparatus including a detector configured to detect a shearing force generated in at least one of the mold and the substrate in a case where a pattern of the mold and a region of the substrate are aligned with each other with the imprint material on the substrate and the mold being in contact with each other, and a controller configured to control the imprint process based on the detected shearing force.